Maurice de Saxe

Maurice de Saxe

male, deceased (1750)
from Lower Saxony, French nobility, German, House of Wettin, French, Military writer…Marshal of France, MarshalsGeneralofFrance, Marshal General of France
Maurice, comte de Saxe (German Moritz Graf von Sachsen) (28 October, 1696 - 20 November, 1750), Marshal of France and later also Marshal General of...
Claude Louis Hector de Villars

Claude Louis Hector de Villars

male, deceased (1734)
Marshal of France, Member of the Académie française, marshal, French nobility, MarshalsGeneralofFrance, Military history of France…Marshal General of France
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince de Martigues, Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun (May 8, 1653 – June 17, 1734) was the last gr...
Nicolas Jean De Dieu Soult

Nicolas Jean De Dieu Soult

male, deceased (1851)
the Hand of Iron, Duke of the First French Empire, marshal, Knight of the Golden Fleece, French, Prime Minister of France…MarshalsGeneralofFrance, commander of the Napoleonic Wars, Marshal General of France, Marshal of France
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, duc de Dalmatie (March 29, 1769 - November 26, 1851), "the Hand of Iron", was a French general and statesman, named...
Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

Henri De La Tour D'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne

male, deceased (1675)
House of la Tour d'Auvergne, Marshal General of France, La Tour d'Auvergne, MarshalsGeneralofFrance, Turenne, French nobility…Marshal of France
Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, often referred to as Turenne (September 11, 1611 - July 27, 1675) achieved military fame and...
Charles de Gontaut duc de Biron

Charles de Gontaut duc de Biron

male, deceased (1602)
Duke of Biron, house of Gontaut, Wars of Religion, Bastille, executed by decapitation, flanders…MarshalsGeneralofFrance, Duke of France, Peace of Vervins, battle of Fontaine-Française, Marshal of France
Charles de Gontaut, duc de Biron, son of Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, fought brilliantly for the royal party against the Catholic League in...

François de Bonne duc de Lesdiguières

male, deceased (1626)
Constables of France, Battle of Moncontour, Battle of Jarnac, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, MarshalsGeneralofFrance, dauphine…constable of France, French Wars of Religion, Henry II, Prince of Condé, Henry III of Navarre, treaty of Poitiers
François de Bonne, duc de Lesdiguières was soldier of the French Wars of Religion and Constable of France. He was born at Sa...